EP0209186A3 - Image recording and readout device based on light-stimulable phosphors - Google Patents

Image recording and readout device based on light-stimulable phosphors Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0209186A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: light; device based; image recording; readout device; stimulable phosphors
Prior art date: 1985-07-12
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP86201192A

Other versions

EP0209186B1 (en

EP0209186A2 (en

Inventor

Dagobert M. De Leeuw

Jacob Khurgin

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Koninklijke Philips NV

Original Assignee

Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1985-07-12

Filing date

1986-07-08

Publication date

1989-08-30

1986-07-08 Application filed by Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV filed Critical Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV

1987-01-21 Publication of EP0209186A2 publication Critical patent/EP0209186A2/en

1989-08-30 Publication of EP0209186A3 publication Critical patent/EP0209186A3/en

1992-09-30 Application granted granted Critical

1992-09-30 Publication of EP0209186B1 publication Critical patent/EP0209186B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
- G21K4/00—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
- G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
- G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
- G01T1/2012—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors using stimulable phosphors, e.g. stimulable phosphor sheets
- G01T1/2014—Reading out of stimulable sheets, e.g. latent image

EP86201192A 1985-07-12 1986-07-08 Image recording and readout device based on light-stimulable phosphors Expired EP0209186B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US06/754,100 US4661704A (en)	1985-07-12	1985-07-12	Image recording and readout device based on light-stimulable phosphors
US754100		1991-09-03

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0209186A2 EP0209186A2 (en)	1987-01-21
EP0209186A3 true EP0209186A3 (en)	1989-08-30
EP0209186B1 EP0209186B1 (en)	1992-09-30

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP86201192A Expired EP0209186B1 (en)	1985-07-12	1986-07-08	Image recording and readout device based on light-stimulable phosphors

Country Status (4)

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US (1)	US4661704A (en)
EP (1)	EP0209186B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPH06100782B2 (en)
DE (1)	DE3686849T2 (en)

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1985
- 1985-07-12 US US06/754,100 patent/US4661704A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
1986
- 1986-07-08 DE DE8686201192T patent/DE3686849T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1986-07-08 EP EP86201192A patent/EP0209186B1/en not_active Expired
- 1986-07-09 JP JP61159878A patent/JPH06100782B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime

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Publication number	Publication date
JPS6263929A (en)	1987-03-20
DE3686849T2 (en)	1993-04-15
EP0209186B1 (en)	1992-09-30
JPH06100782B2 (en)	1994-12-12
EP0209186A2 (en)	1987-01-21
US4661704A (en)	1987-04-28
DE3686849D1 (en)	1992-11-05

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